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Scyre-gemot, or Sciremot

Scyre-gemot, or Sciremot, a Court held by the Saxons twice every year, by the bishop of the diocese and the ealdorman in shires that had ealdormen; and by the bishop and the sheriff

reference in many subsequent statutes; e.g., in 25 Hen. 8, c. 20, s. 6, whereby an archbishop or bishop refusing to confirm and consecrate a person elected bishop still incurs a pr'amunire; and 13 Car. 2, c.

Physician

London or seven miles thereof, shall practise as a physician or surgeon without examination and licence of the Bishop of London or Dean of St. Paul's (duly assisted by the faculty); or beyond these limits without licence

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Sodor and man, Bishopric of

Sodor and man, Bishopric of, annexed to the pro-vince of York by Henry VIII, 33 Hen. 8, c. 31.See 1 & 2

Ordinary

See NOTARY. By the Common Law, one who has exempt and immediate jurisdiction in causes ecclesiastical. Also, a bishop: and an archbishop is the ordinary of the whole province, to visit and receive appeals from inferior jurisdictions.

Consistory Court

Consistory Court, the pr'torium, or tribunal of every diocesan bishop, held in their several cathedrals for the trial of all ecclesiastical causes arising within their jurisdiction. The bishop's

Kenyon-Slaney Clause

Provided that nothing in this sub-s. shall affect any provision in a trust deed for reference to the Bishop or superior ecclesiastical or other denominational authority so far as such provision gives to the Bishop or authority

Chorepiscopus

A ldquocountryrdquo or suffragan bishop appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district

Adultery

illness. The word is also used by ecclesiastical writers to describe the intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the former bishop's life. The reason of the appellation is, that a bishop is supposed to contract

Archbishop

Archbishop [fr. apxletlokotos, Gk., fr. apxwv, chief, and emokotos, bishop], the chief of the clergy in his province; he has supreme power under the king in all ecclesiastical

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